Michaels also ordered the SNL cast to take it easy on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, Killam remembers, because Michaels was trying to line up Trump as a potential host.
Another former SNL cast member is getting candid about the current state of affairs in Studio 8H.
Interestingly, Meyers returns to SNL this Saturday (NBC, 11:35/10:35c) to host the show for the first time since leaving.
Killam calls the post-Meyers SNL a “competitive, exhausting environment” and “less of a happy place to be.”